SB2019121732 - Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel



SB2019121732 - Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel

Published: December 17, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019121732
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19814)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted f2fs filesystem image can cause __remove_dirty_segment slab-out-of-bounds write access because an array is bounded by the number of dirty types (8) but the array index can exceed this.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.